Challenges to Canadian Unity
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Updated: 4 Oct 2017
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Ban of the Potlatch repealed [1951]Aboriginals gain voting rights [1960]Jean Lesage and the Quiet Revolution
(maitre chez nous) [1960]Bilingualism and Biculturalism
Commission formed [1963]Canada’s New Flag unveiled [1965]National Indian Brotherhood formed [1968]Official Languages Act passed in Canada [1969]Residential School system abandoned [1969]Government of Canada White Paper proposes [1969]Aboriginal Red Paper or Citizen Plus – rebuttal to White Paper [1969]FLQ crisis (Laporte and Cross kidnapped,
Trudeau invokes War Measures Act) [1970]Berger Commission [1977]Bill 101 passed in Quebec [1977]Quebec Referendum – Sovereignty-Association
proposed by Rene Levesque and the Parti Quebecois [1980]Assembly of First Nations formed [1980]National Energy Program introduced [1980]Trudeau patriates the Constitution –
Notwithstanding Clause, Kitchen Compromise [1982]The Meech Lake Accord dies [1990]The Oka Confrontation [1990]The Charlottetown Accord is voted-down in a referendum [1992]Quebec Referendum and the Bloc Quebecois [1995]Ruling on the Delgamuluukw Case [1998]Creation of Nunavut [1999]Nisga’a Treaty receives Royal Assent [2000]Periods
Maurice Duplessis and the
Great Darkness [1944-1959]
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